New Delhi, May 4 -- India's Ganemat Sekhon shot 70 out of 75 targets to finish Day one just one point outside the top eight places in the International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) World Cup Shotgun, which got underway on Monday at the Asanov Shooting Club in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

The Chandigarh shooter, who won a silver in the same range three years back, was the best-placed Indian to book a spot in the top eight of the competition. The remaining 50 targets of qualification and the finals for both women and men will be held tomorrow, a release said.

In the men's event, Olympian Mairaj Ahmad Khan started the first series with a perfect 25 and then shot 23 in each of the next two series to finish the first day on a score of 71, curren...